Thinking of baking bread? It’s not as complicated as you may fear. Here are some tried and tested tips to getting that perfect golden loaf. 1. Place a small dish of water in the oven when you bake bread. This prevents the crust from becoming a dark, ugly brown or getting too hard. 2. Grease [...]
Food Network’s subliminal ads?
Urban legend or a really good reason to blame the TV for your potato chip cravings? There’s a video circulating that claims to prove that Food Network uses subliminal advertising. What do you think?
5,000 cooking tips
Get 5,000 tips and shortcuts with Brilliant Food Tips and Cooking Tricks The tips are organized alphabetically, from “Acidity” to “Zucchini” with every entry broken into “Basics,” with “Problem Solvers,” “Time Savers,” “Flavor Tips” and “Healthy Hints.” There are also some recipes, with more difficult techniques broken down into illustrated step-by-steps. This book is a [...]
How to make homemade pizza — fast!
Make your own homemade pizza doughwith a few common ingredients. It doesn’t take that long with instant yeast, so you can (as the host of the video says) wake up with a pizza craving in the morning, and have the dish ready by lunch. What we like about this instructional video is that you can [...]
Homemade low carb chocolate bar
On a diet and missing chocolate? Enjoy a homemade chocolate bar that’s low on carbs and a lot less expensive than the specialty bars sold online or in gourmet stores. Each bar has 110 calories, 7 grams of fat, and just 3 grams of carbohydrates. It’s made of a little bit of butter, chunky peanut [...]
Make your own dogfood
Make your own dogfood with an excellent instructional video that includes tips on the nutritional needs of your canine and natural food sources. You may be surprised to find that your dog needs fruit, and will happily devour mangoes, apples, and carrots. The expert also suggests special ingredients you may want to introduce when your [...]
Wolfgang Puck’s Special Yukon Potatoes
Wolfgang Puck demonstrates the secret to perfect Yukon Gold Potatoes. The secret ingredient is a sprinkling of Iranian osetra caviar and his special recipe for Crème Fraîche. Just mix buttermilk and heavy cream, and leave overnight at room temperature. Oh so simple, but knowing Wolfgang Puck, oh so delicious.
Instant menus for the week
Bored with casseroles and fried chicken? Tired of thinking about what to serve your family? While there are thousands of recipe sites available on the web, we love Yahoo’s Weekly Menu Guide. Not only does it provide links to some of the best recipes on the web, but it actually plots out what you can [...]
Biggest beef recall in history
Now would be a good time to switch to salads. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday has just ordered the country’s biggest beef recall in history — 143 million pounds — all from a California slaughterhouse. And worst of all, this slaughterhouse is one of the suppliesr of meat for school lunch programs. The [...]
Idiot’s Guide to a Romantic Dinner
So you’re a guy who can’t cook (or you’re married to one). But listen up: women need a break from the kitchen, too. So here’s a simple, idiot-proof video to a coconut dinner, from choosing the ingredients to cooking each and every dish.
